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IFS Corpus Hermeticum Course: A Sacred Map of Mind and Reality


A free course inside the Everything IFS Academy





The Corpus Hermeticum is one of the foundational texts of Western metaphysics, yet it is often misunderstood as obscure, mystical, or purely esoteric. In reality, it is a collection of revelatory writings concerned with a single question: what is the nature of reality, and what is the place of human consciousness within it?


Rather than offering rules, rituals, or doctrines, the Hermetic texts unfold as encounters—visions, dialogues, and transmissions centered on Mind as the source of all things. They speak in symbolic language not to confuse, but to point beyond ordinary thought toward direct recognition.


This free course explores the Corpus Hermeticum through the text itself, historical context, and a lens thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS). It is not therapy, and it does not replace metaphysics, philosophy, or the Hermetic tradition. It is designed for readers who want to engage these writings slowly and seriously, without reducing them to belief systems or modern self-help frameworks.



What This Course Offers

This course invites you to approach the Corpus Hermeticum as an initiatory journey—one that turns attention inward toward the source of consciousness itself.

Inside the course, you’ll explore:

  • Mind as the ground of reality, not a byproduct of matter

  • Creation as a living, ongoing process rather than a past event

  • Ignorance as forgetfulness, not moral failure

  • Knowledge as awakening rather than accumulation

  • Self-knowledge as the path to knowing the All

Throughout the course, insights from Internal Family Systems (IFS) help illuminate how these ancient teachings meet inner experience—how different ways of knowing arise, how fear and confusion obscure clarity, and how attention returns to a steadier, deeper source.

This approach does not replace Hermetic philosophy. It does not turn metaphysics into psychology. It offers another lens for noticing what is already there.



Course Outline

  • Tractate I: The Divine Pymander

  • Tractate II: The General Sermon

  • Tractate III: The Sacred Discourse

  • Tractate IV: The Cup or the Crater

  • Tractate V: The Key (or The Mysteries of Hermes)

  • Tractate VI: The Good Is Only in God

  • Tractate VII: The Greatest Evil Is Ignorance

  • Tractate VIII: The Discourse on the Mind

  • Tractate IX: Mind to Hermes

  • Tractate X: The Key of the Master

  • Tractate XI: The Mind of Hermes on the Nature of Reality

  • Tractate XII: The Discourse on the Soul

  • Tractate XIII: The Secret Sermon on the Mountain

  • Tractate XIV: The Final Word on Truth and Illumination



How This Course Is Different

You won’t find:

  • Simplified summaries that flatten symbolic language

  • Belief-based interpretations imposed on the text

  • Modern frameworks replacing ancient metaphysics

You will find:

  • Careful, text-centered engagement with Hermetic writings

  • Space for contemplation without pressure to conclude

  • An emphasis on recognition rather than explanation


Each tractate includes historical notes and optional reflective elements, encouraging slow, thoughtful engagement with the material and respect for the depth of the Hermetic tradition.




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